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Is Reddit always so bad?

Syrte
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TBH I never paid much attention to watch discussions on Reddit, however I’m now exploring some pop music related subforums there and I’m appalled by the vacuity of the content.

Some of the comments are so stupid that I am sorely tempted to jump in, especially to defend certain people against sexism and hateful conversation, but I have to refrain myself as I can easily see what a waste of time it could be.
Feeling really sorry for the targets of those anti-fans. Even with active moderation, the levels of stupid hostility are astounding, as well as the amount of sound vs signal.

Are there any good quality communities on Reddit?
Maybe more nerdy forums?
 
Dsloan
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Reddit is the only social media that I do anymore. It can be amazing. That said, the individual subs vary widely in quality. And, overall, there is often a bent towards sarcasm and inside jokes over knowledge sharing.
 
Walrus
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The ignorant people are always sure they are right. The smart people are full of doubt. Reddit is ruled by the former.
 
Seiji Lépine
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For any attempt to get knowledge in a particular field, forums specializing in the subject matter seems to work much better. Reddit is just a mob.
 
BlackTalon
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Great stuff on IT systems, security compliance, etc. And best of all are the millions of cat subforums. 😺
 
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BlackTalon BlackTalon
Great stuff on IT systems, security compliance, etc. And best of all are the millions of cat subforums. 😺
True, the investment forums are interesting a lot of professionals take time to break things down for laymen. Watches are pretty good, magic is pretty good but it just seems 90% of the subs get over run by politics you don’t go to a home repair sub to get into political debates there are enough political subs on Reddit leave it their but whatever people do as they do.
 
Larry S
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Syrte Syrte
TBH I never paid much attention to watch discussions on Reddit, however I’m now exploring some pop music related subforums there and I’m appalled by the vacuity of the content.

Some of the comments are so stupid that I am sorely tempted to jump in, especially to defend certain people against sexism and hateful conversation, but I have to refrain myself as I can easily see what a waste of time it could be.
Feeling really sorry for the targets of those anti-fans. Even with active moderation, the levels of stupid hostility are astounding, as well as the amount of sound vs signal.

Are there any good quality communities on Reddit?
Maybe more nerdy forums?
The audio forums can be useful. I can imagine that any pop fan based etc can get pretty stupid. Hint … it’s not about the music.
 
DaveK
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Google seems to be prioritizing Reddit in my search results the past few months. But I hadn’t explored Reddit before. I’ve found answers there are more helpful than not. Usually looking for “how do I….?” Kind of answers.
 
hen
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Syrte Syrte
TBH I never paid much attention to watch discussions on Reddit, however I’m now exploring some pop music related subforums there and I’m appalled by the vacuity of the content.

Some of the comments are so stupid that I am sorely tempted to jump in, especially to defend certain people against sexism and hateful conversation, but I have to refrain myself as I can easily see what a waste of time it could be.
Feeling really sorry for the targets of those anti-fans. Even with active moderation, the levels of stupid hostility are astounding, as well as the amount of sound vs signal.

Are there any good quality communities on Reddit?
Maybe more nerdy forums?
If thats the norm and alowed I have to agree with you, even thou I have never visited Reddit
 
S.H.
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I think it is like the rest of the internet, mostly junk these days for mainstream topics. But for obscure and nerdy interests it can be quite nice, for example denim jeans, vintage Rayban or Randolph sunglasses...
 
PatinaPete
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Reddit is an example of Dead Internet Theory. It is estimated that anywhere from 15-40% is artificial. I would say that on top of that, there's a large amount of foreign disruption in political subreddits. It always depends on where you're looking.
 
Waltesefalcon
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About once a year I'll hope on reddit, after about a week or so, I remember why I don't frequent it. The place is a breeding ground for vacuity and hatefulness.
 
dougwhiz
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I've bought a few well priced watches on reddit. However I was armed with knowledge obtained primarily on OF. Not a place for noobs. You really have to buy the seller.
It's not bad for humorous threads and memes.
 
ErichPryde
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The greatest problem with Reddit is that it is really a social media site masquerading as a whole bunch of forums. Classic internet forums require someone to actually hunt down and sign up, which means they have some interest typically and acts as like, a sort of pre-filter for idiocy.

Reddit, on the other hand  is interested in generating clicks. It may take something from a sub forum and make it more visible to everyone if it is highly popular. It may take something and make it highly visible on an individual's feed if the algorithm thinks it is of similar interest. Reddit uses cookies to pull a wide variety of data from your browser history, even what you're watching on Hulu or Netflix or youtube, all so that it can show you something it thinks you might click on.


No matter how private or specific some of the sub forums may seem, they are always getting a certain amount of traffic from Fringe morons. (There are closed subreddits, but they don't really work like a traditional forum either)

This is all before you start counting on how the like system drives certain posts to the top, and how there is a specific Reddit subculture of posting that most posters follow that you simply do not see on something like a standard internet for him where people are more interested in content than they are in harvesting Karma.


I don't think that any social media site that has an active algorithm that encourages you to continue scrolling and clicking, can possibly not ultimately be bad on a long time frame. Add on the fact that it is business trying to make money, and you have a recipe that leads away from quality pretty much guaranteed.
 
ErichPryde
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wagudc wagudc
I find several sub-reddits useful, others not so much.

There are times they definitely can be but one of the major issues that Reddit has is the way the karma and voting system works, which means that subreddits that are specific, like woodworking, cooking, watches, &c tend towards whatever the most popular perspective or opinion is. If that opinion or information is good info, that can be really good because it means you can find it quickly. However, if that information is not as good, it just means that it gets much more widely and quickly disseminated.
 
Omeg@007
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Everywhere , there is bad and good. So Take the good and leave the bad.
 
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